Land, sea and sky, or, Wonders of life and nature : a description of the physical geography and organic life of the earth / translated from the German of Herman J. Klein and Dr.Thomé by J.Minshull.

  • Klein, Hermann J. (Hermann Joseph), 1844-1914.
Date:
[1884]
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Credit: Land, sea and sky, or, Wonders of life and nature : a description of the physical geography and organic life of the earth / translated from the German of Herman J. Klein and Dr.Thomé by J.Minshull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vll Plaie XIII. Growth of a Coral Reef Bola-Bola (Society Islands) View on Luneberg Heath . Scene in the Tundras Scene in the Desert of Mongolia In the Libyan Desert. Sand Storm in the Desert . Forest on Fire . The Matterhorn . Landslip near Bitten, in Switzerland. The Grosz, Glockner, and Pastezen Glacier Glacier Table Groz, Glockner, and Johannislay Ascent of a Glacier Breaking up of Icebergs . . Plate XIV, Pyramids of Useigne . Glacier Markings in Rocks. Ruins of St. Nicholas's Church in Lisbon, after the Earthquake of 1755 • Destruction of Arequipa by the Earthquake of 1868 Earthquake Fissures . Eruption of Vesuvius, August 26th, 1872 Plate XV. Burning Pit in Dutweiler, in the Coal District of Saarbruck . StromboU in Action . Lava Fields in Vesuvius Mount Jorullo . In the Crater of Popocatepetl Mount Etna, Principal Crater Shower of Ashes from Mount Vesuvius in 1822 Eruption of Vesuvius on April i6th, 1834 Principal Crater of Mount Etna, and Southern Groups of Craters seen from Mount Rosso New Formation at Santorin, before the Eruption of 1866 New Formations at Santorin, February, 1867 New Formation at Santorin, Eruption of March 1867 ........ New Formation at Santorin, after the Eruption of 1867 .... The Weingeld Mere . An Avalanche .... Plate XVI Waterspout observed in the Mediterranean Mock Suns (Parheha) observed at Leipsic, March, 1857 Mock Moons (Paraxelena) observed in Dresden Mirage at Sea Lateral Mirage on an Ascending Balloon .' 1 he Spectre of the Brocken Meteorological Observatory at Pic du Midi Mammoth Cave in Kentucky . Plate XVIL Isolars and winds in N.W. Europe, 29th August, 1877 ... ^ ' ^ Sections of Ice Crystals (reduced size) .' T , V •' (natural size) Ice Crystals (natural size) ... Cirrus' ^^^'^^ concentric and radiating lines Cumulus Cumuli ...'.* Stratus . . . .' Cirro-Cumulus and CiiTO-Stratus Nimbus .... Marble Canon . \ Sand Pillars in the Desert '. Waterspouts in Lake Constance öt. Elmo's Fire . Chart of Isogonic Lines Isoclinic Lines Tu''xT ^sodynamic Lines. Ihe Northern Lights in the Arctic Regions North America . Bourbon Palm \ Carboniic.uus Flora Plate XVIII PAGE 244 247 249 253 256 261 263 265 267 269 271 275 276 277 281 286 293 296 298 300 301 302 308 310 314 3IS 315 317 321 321 ■ 324 325 328 329 330 332 337 342 343 344 345 346 346 347 347 348 349 3S5 356 36s 367 368 369 371 373 376 377 384 PAGE Yosemite Valley .... Plate XIX. Animals of the Glacier Period in Northern and Central Europe 290 Tiparis Monacha in various Stages of Develop- ment 396 Llanos of Venezuela . .... 398 Vulture, Chamois, and Marmots Plate XX. 401 Leaf Butterfly 401 Brown Polypus Part of a Coral Formation. ... 414 Flights of Birds of Passage .... 415 Chameleon 420 Lemmings pursued by White Owl and Buzzard 426 Sables in Winter Dress Shrubs, Grasses, and Wild Boar near the Amoor 434 Scene in Kamschatlta Saiga, or Antelope of the Steppes . . . 442 Kirghis with Dromedaries German Buck Forest & Royal Stag Plate XXI. Rhubarb Plant , , Poisonous Spider , 460 Sea Wrack off the Falkland Islands . . . 464 Plains of Troy 455 Olive Tree '.468 Cedars of Lebanon ^yj- Date Palm ' Scorodosma Foetidum . . Aloe . 474 Myrrh and Frankincense Coffee Tree. . . Rose of Jericho ^gj Sugar Palm. . . . . , ] [486 Groups of Bamboo Canes ^88 Banyan Tree .„3 Banana ! ! 496 Bread-fruit Tree. Ginger Plant .' ! 498 Poppy 499 Pepper Plant and Fruit Cluster . . . 500 Sesam Plant ^ ^ | -qj Mangrove Swamp * ^oe Gutta-percha Tree * Pines Plate x'xili. Orangoutang ; The Holmem, Sacred Monkey of the Hindoos. si4 Indian Snake Charmers . . ' ct^ Pearl Shell [ ' ' ^/ Raflflesia Arnoldi c^r American BisoAs & Prairie Dogs. Plate XXIV. Camphor Tree ' K2q Inhabitants of a Wood in Borneo . * 'ion Upas Tree '. ^tz Cinnamon and Clove ....*' coS Nutmeg Plant 'con Kalong ! So Rhizophora Mangrove |7, Tea House in Jeddo, shaded by the Palm Tree C46 Pea Plant Camphor Tree ccj Silkworm ! ! * cm Gold Pheasants Bactrian Camel ' ' Doom Palm of Egypt. . . '. ' * ^60 Sacred Beetle .... ' ' Scorpion . . . . . \ ] ] Alfa Grass ^Jt Oasis with Date Palms . • . . ! 576 Lion and Lioness, etc. . . Plate XXV. Porcupine, etc ^.g^ River Horse, etc. . . . ! ! ^88 Baobab, etc. . • \ Encampment under a Sycamore Tree, etc. . 591 View m the Alleghany Mountains Plate XX VI. Oil Palm, etc Ntefa Palm, etc. . . ' ' f^^ Tsetse Fly etc. Termite Hills ^03